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I didn't know, I didn't know, I didn't know.

Jean Rhys

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Jean Rhys
Age: 88 †
Born: 1890
Born: August 24
Died: 1979
Died: May 14
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Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams
Ella Rees Williams
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before I could read, almost a baby, I imagined that God, this strange thing or person I heard about, was a book.
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She’ll have no lover, for I don’t want her and she’ll see no other.
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When I think about it, if I had to choose, I'd rather be happy than write.
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Cold - cold as truth, cold as life. No, nothing can be as cold as life.
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The woman had a humble, cringing manner. Of course, she had discovered that, having neither money nor virtue, she had better be humble if she knew what was good for her.
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After all this, what happened? What happened was that, as soon as I had the slightest chance of a place to hide in, I crept into it and hid. Well, sometimes it's a fine day isn't it? Sometimes the skies are blue. Sometimes the air is light, easy to breathe. And there is always tomorrow.
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We can't all be happy, we can't all be rich, we can't all be lucky - and it would be so much less fun if we were... There must be the dark background to show up the bright colours.
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